SONY TA-E7B PREAMPLIFIER - US Version #57 of ~100 - 1977 STATEMENT

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SONY TA-E7B PREAMPLIFIER - US Version #57 of ~100.
Sony TA-E7B. RARE US 120V - near mint condition.
The holy grail of 70s vintage Sony preamps, the TA-E7B was apart of the “7s” statement pieces where Sony went all out to show the world they were the true king of hifi. Around 3000 of each piece was created, however most stayed in Japan and were eroded away due to the high humid salt concentration in the air.
This E7B was one of less than 100 made exclusively for the US @ 120v. Not only is it extremely rare, but you can also rest assure that it stayed pristine over time.
Some additional information from TheVintageKnobSl:
Here embodied are the 70s in all their solid glory - the TA-E7B was packed with more functions and inputs than one could think of.
Not that they were all necessary but, in true 70s style, the more knobs the better ! Needless to say, it still looks better than the 80s' the more LEDs the better.
Anyway - a business inversely proportional to the TA-N7 sobriety !
Of course, by today's standards, the TA-E7B sports way too much knobs and switches to deserve any kind of 'audiophile' label but, still, when all tone controls and filters are off, there's only one coupling capacitor in the signal path - and if that ain't audiophile bickering...
Not to mention the phono MC input, the gold-plated phono terminals or the very elaborate phono stage... and VU meters with peak, average and sampling/hold modes !
An excellent preamplifier with a nice but hidden servicing touch : the E7B opens up three-fold, back, center and front so that everything remains easily accessible.
The center shield you can see below next to the caps hides the meter board with one single IC : Sony CX-067.